Gradisca d'Isonzo
Gradisca d' Isonzo ( German, obsolete: Gradis on Sontig, Friulian: Gardiscja or Gardiscje, Slovenian: Gradišče whether Soci ) is a city in northern Italy with 6548 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the eastern Friuli near the border with Slovenia. The area of the municipality is 10 square kilometers.
History
The name goes back to Gradisca Slavic roots, meaning " fortified place ". It was built under Venetian rule into a fortress against the imminent Turkish threat from the East at the end of the 15th century. On the multiple expansion and fortification works Leonardo worked there with Vinci.
1647 split Emperor Ferdinand III. Gradisca and surrounding areas of the County of Gorizia from inside and enfeoffed as they Gefürstete County Gradisca - against high pay - to the Eggenberger. The line died out in 1717, and the county fell by inheritance contract back to the Habsburgs; this they united with Gorizia Gorizia and Gradisca the county of a prince who was as crown land until 1918.
During the First World War, the city was on the front line between Austria and Italy where it to 12 terrible battles, the battles of the Isonzo came. In 1918 the territory of Italy.
Cityscape and Tourist Attractions
The city is dominated today by the mighty castle. At the time of Austrian rule, the fort was used as a prison.
In the Old Town is located in the Palazzo dei Provveditori from the 15th century, the Enoteca Regionale, called La Serenissima. There you can taste and buy the choicest wines of the Friuli region. Gradisca d' Isonzo is located in the area of Collio wines. Remnants of the old city walls are other attractions of this small border town.
Culture
As patron of the city of the Saints Peter and Paul are
From 2003 to 2008, the MAGIS Gradisca Film Studies Spring School took place every year in March / April held at the Palazzo del Monte di Pietà. It is organized in the nearby Gorizia, of the University of Udine in 2009 in cooperation with several European universities, archives and film institutions.
Twinning
Gradisca has twinning closed with Kastav in Croatia (2003) and Ibrány in Hungary ( 2004).
Sons and daughters of the town
- Gino Colaussi (1914-1991), Italian footballer
- Luigi Spazzapan (1889-1951), Italian painter and sculptor